We read and “act out” our poem.  In this photo, we were looking for word wall words.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

After the week is over, the poems are moved into an early finisher’s bin.  The students love putting their past favorites into order.

And they have their poetry notebook to look back on if need be.

What does the research say?

“if  children can sing or recite poetry, they will soon be able to read it, and if  they can read it, they will soon be able to write it.”  Parr, M., & Campbell, T. (2006). Poets in  practice. The Reading Teacher, 60(1), 36-46.

“Poetry
is the first genre that most children hear Poetry isn’t just whimsical but  contributes to increasing reading abilities. Lower primary teachers use nursery  rhymes to develop phonemic awareness  and one-to-one correspondence,  and poetry helps children of all ages develop vocabulary. Reading poetry aloud  over and over creates fluency with expression.” Manning, M. (2003). A poetic  awakening. Teaching PreK-8, 33(5), 85-87.